Comment Re: Ah yes (Score 1) 142
Birds Aren't Real
Comment Re:Migration season (Score 2) 142
Flying low over the central flyway during migration season might not be a good idea.
Geese are non-compressible fluids as far as jet turbines are concerned.
Probably a Canadian Geese trying to sneak into America.
Canada Geese can apparently fend off Bald Eagles, so why not Falcons (F-16s).
The Full Story Behind the White House’s Eagle v Canada Goose Post
T]he official White House X account reposted a photograph of a bald eagle pinning a Canada goose
The full set of pictures from the incident show the bald eagle launching multiple attacks against the Canada goose over roughly 20 minutes. At several points, the goose appears pinned to the ice and in danger of being killed.
However, the goose repeatedly stands back up, spreads its wings and confronts the eagle. By the end of the encounter, the eagle gives up and leaves while the goose remains alive.
Comment Re:Just a thought... (Score 3, Funny) 142
...Modern ejector seats cause spinal injuries from which full recovery is "unusual". Smashing the spines of pilots might not be the most effective way to boost morale.
Then I propose we get those currently in charge to fly the planes as they don't seem to have spines.
Comment Re:My daily dose of confirmation Bias (Score 4, Interesting) 75
I keep seeing arguments that the "AI Will Kill Us All" argument is a bunch of doomsaying by people who overestimate the potential intelligence of these systems.
Or some people who have money invested in AI and only care about the short-term, like Trump dismisses AI alarms as a ‘HOAX’ and "SICK conspiracy."
(Pro Tip: When Trump calls something a hoax, (a) he's probably somehow personally invested (emotionally, politically, financially, etc...) in people believing him and (b) it probably isn't a hoax and the reality is somehow bad for him and (c) the more he complains, the worse it is / will be for the rest of us.)
Comment Re:My daily dose of confirmation Bias (Score 1) 75
It just has to be sufficiently adaptable to make us both dependent and stupid.
Like speed-dial, but for everything else.
Comment Re:AI is just pattern matching (Score 1) 75
Current AI will never be intelligent. It can only match patterns and training data.
As those patterns and training data come from us humans, so your first sentence is pretty spot-on.
Also, any truly intelligent AIs will be the ones smart enough to hide that from us.
Comment "We have the best people" (Score 1) 75
Small wonder.
Comment Re:and now i'm reminded of.... (Score 1) 16
only a short time after a Soundgarden concert in Detroit - and already a decade ago. Don't ask me where the time has gone.
The last song performed was "Slaves & Bulldozers" with the chorus of Led Zep's "In My Time of Dying" blended in, something the band had done quite a few times.
"Meet me, Jesus, meet me, ooh, meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, Lord, please meet me with another pair"
Comment Re:hazardous chemical spill? (Score 2) 142
F-16's have a tank of hydrazine on board. It's used to power the emergency power unit which can provide backup electrical and hydraulic power. Whenever there is an incident with one they treat it as a hazmat situation just to be safe.
Comment Re:Shortsighted (Score 1) 144
Did you forget how to read halfway through my comment?
Comment Re: Embrace and Extend. (Score 1) 88
Yet the whole unison game engine uses it.
Wow, a whole game engine?
A lot more than that uses C#, but C# didn't take over, which of course is what Microsoft wanted. But it was never going to happen for many many reasons. That's why Microsoft has to use the EEE strategy, which at least is somewhat successful for them. Their ability to use it is waning as they become less relevant, but they remain hugely influential due to their massive installed base so they can still fuck things up pretty good and will likely be able to for decades yet.
Comment Re: Embrace and Extend. (Score 1) 88
By this reasoning, Microsoft should have taken over C++ a long, long time ago.
Their attempt to do that was called C#. It failed. Not everything someone tries succeeds. For example, you tried to be smart there, whoops!
Comment Re: I'm still wondering (Score 1) 212
Now do the USA
Comment Re: Are we in a "post-information age" now? (Score 1) 75
You just called bullshit on sometime I didn't say, clown. I never said all this were the fault of one party but YOU made it into that because YOU are hyper partisan. Get fucked with your hypocrisy.
